I. to be busy, eagerto do a thing, c.inf., S. OC 1143 , E. Hec. 817 , Pl. Euthd. 293a , etc.;σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν . . ταχέως make haste . ., 2 Ep.Ti. 4.9 ;ὅτ' ἐσπούδαζες ἄρχειν wast eagerto rule, E. IA 337 (troch.): c.part., ἐσπ. διδάσκων
X. Oec. 9.1
: freq.ς. περί τινοςorτι, Id. Mem. 1.3.8 , Pl. R. 330c , etc.; ὑπέρ τινος
D. 59.77
; εἰς τὰ σά
Id. 21.195
; πρός τι
Id. 22.76
; ἐπί τισι
X. Mem. 1.3.11
, cf. D. 21.2 : c. dat., ς. γάμῳ
Aristaenet. 2.3
;ς. ὅπως . . endeavour that . ., D. 43.12 , SIG 312.10 (Samos,iv B.C.): abs.,ἐσπουδακυῖα in haste, hurriedly, Ar. Th. 572 ;ἐσπουδακώς eagerly, Men. 562 .
b. c. acc. etinf., σπουδάσαντες τοῦτ' αὐτοῖς παραγενέσθαι
Pl. Alc. 2.141d
, cf. 2 Ep.Pet. 1.15 , BGU 1080.14
(iii A.D.), etc.
2. of persons,ς. πρός τινα payhimserious attention, Pl. Grg. 510c , etc.; εἴς τινα
AP 9.422
( Apollonid. );ς. περί τινα to be anxiousfor his success, Isoc. 1.10 , X. Cyr. 5.4.13 , etc. (distd. fr.πρός τιναby Luc. Sol. 10 ); περί τινος
X. Lac. 4.1
; ὑπὲρ τῶν οἰκετῶν
Aeschin. 1.17
; ὑπέρ τινος
D. 21.213
, etc.;ς. τινί be a partisanorbacker of, Plu. Art. 21 , Arr. Epict. 1.11.27 , PGiss. 71.6
(ii A.D.); ἀπό τινος
Philostr. VS 2.27.6
.
3. to be seriousorearnest, Ar. Ra. 813 ; opp.σκώπτειν καὶ κωμῳδεῖν, Id. Pl. 557 ; freq. in Pl. ,σπουδάζει ταῦτα ἢ παίζει; Grg. 481b , etc.;ἐσπούδακας, ὅτι ἐπελαβόμην ἐρεσχηλῶν σε;did you take it seriously, that I . .? Phdr. 236b ; σπουδάζοντα τοῖς πράγμασι τοῖς ὀνόμασι παίζειν
D.H. Lys. 14
;ἐσπουδάκατον they have worked hard, Ar. V. 694 ;μάλα ἐσπουδακότι τῷ προσώπῳwith a verygraveface, X. Smp. 2.17 .
4. study, Philostr. VS 1.7.2 ;lecture, teach, ib. 1.21.5 .
II. trans.,
1. c. acc. rei,doanythinghastilyorearnestly, be earnest about, τὸ αὑτοῦ